Lady Justice And The Vigilante by Robert Thornhill

Lady Justice And The Vigilante by Robert Thornhill

Author:Robert Thornhill [Thornhill, Robert]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2012-02-03T05:00:00+00:00


CHAPTER 9

Our afternoon on the serving line was rewarding.

Seeing the plight of the homeless reinforced our appreciation for the lifestyle we had been blessed with and our desire to give back in some small way.

We wasted no time in sharing our experience with our friends and family and after doing so, found them willing recruits.

Actually, they were all probably relieved knowing that they would be spared another meal of Aunt Jemima gravy.

I appreciated Dad’s attitude when he said, “When you were growing up, I was on the road all the time and I didn’t get to do that kind of stuff with you. It’s good to have a second chance.”

Bernice, as usual, was OK to do anything as long as Dad was there.

Jerry was his usual self.

“Hey, I can certainly identify with those people. When I was growing up my family was so poor that if I hadn’t been born a boy, I’d have had nothing to play with at all! I’m in!”

I knew that Mary wouldn’t be left out on a bet and I was pretty sure that if Ox and Judy hadn’t made any plans they would participate, so when it was all said and done, there were ten new volunteers for the holidays.

We decided that we should get as much experience as possible before the big day, so we volunteered for the evening meals as often as we could and worked weekends as well.

Ed Jacobs sort of took us under his wing. He not only showed us the finer points of manning the server line, he introduced us to the other volunteers and many of the homeless patrons.

I was surprised to see several of my tenants from the Three Trails come through the line and I felt guilty knowing that they relied on free meals in order to pay the forty bucks a week to keep a roof over their heads.

I realized that I was like most people, living life with my head stuck in the sand.



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